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DWIGHT HAYES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 21, 1951 – February 6, 1970
Service recordDwight Hayes, of Oregon City, Oregon, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1970, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 107
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Illumination Crewman (17E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- August 21, 1951
- Home of record
- Oregon City, Oregon (Clackamas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “92 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 107
- ROBERT JOSEPH DUPELL JRSergeant · February 6, 1970
- DAVID BRUCE FOGGPrivate First Class · February 6, 1970
- JOSEPH ROBERT HARDEEPrivate First Class · February 6, 1970
- ALAN HOWARD JOHNSONSpecialist Five · February 6, 1970
From Oregon City
- DALE ALLEN PERKINSSecond Lieutenant · November 3, 1966
- CHARLES LEROY ROBERTSPrivate First Class · November 9, 1966
- HERB DOBYLieutenant Colonel · February 4, 1967
- GARY LYLE KESTLERLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- PATRICK LEONARD WOODSFirst Lieutenant · December 24, 1968
- JOEL LYNN GABRIELCorporal · February 11, 1969
- TERRY ALLAN SUNDEENPrivate First Class · May 25, 1969
- DONALD DEAN BRUBAKERStaff Sergeant · September 28, 1971
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.